Kolkata style Puri Kachori Recipe

Ingredients:

1 cup Wheat flour
1/2 cup Urad dal (Blackgram)
2 nos. Red chillies
1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
1/2 tsp Sounf seeds (If you like it)
2 nos. Cardamon
2 nos. Cloves
1/2" piece Cinnamon
1/5th cup Water
Oil To fry
Salt To taste




Method:
* Soak 1/2 cup urad dal + 1/2 cup water for one hour and grind to a paste without adding water.
* Grind together red chillies, cumin seeds, cardamom, cloves and cinnamon and keep aside.
* Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a fry pan.
* Add the dal paste and the ground masalas, stirring constantly till the dal is fried and the water is absorbed leaving it dry.
* Make a soft dough of wheat flour (Just as your roti dough).
* Set aside the dough for 30 minutes, covered with a lid or wet cloth.
* Knead and divide the dough into 10 balls of big lemon size.
* Make a small circle and fill with the prepared dal mixture, close it and roll it to 4" inch diameter puri




* Deep fry in hot oil till golden brown. Drain and serve hot.


Now enjoy your Puri with some curry of your taste.



Thanks a lot to my hubby helping me prepare this puri & curry. He had this with Pepsi and its it was awesome.